French High-Speed Rail Paralyzed in Massive Attack Ahead of Olympics

Hundreds are stranded ahead of the games, with the rail operator advising people to postpone their journeys and avoid going to stations.

Passengers gather around the departure and arrival boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 26, 2024. Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images

France’s high-speed TGV rail network has been paralyzed by vandalism and arson attacks, the train operator SNCF said, just hours before the Olympic Games in Paris are set to open.

An SNCF spokesman told The Epoch Times by email that it was the “victim” of several simultaneous “malicious acts” affecting the Atlantique, Northern, and Eastern high-speed lines.